Hello,everybody

We are, at last, in Concepcion after a long but pleasant fly from MAdrid to Santiago, the Chilean´capital. We arrived yesterday, at 17.30 uk time so we were travelling since leaving Bristol for 29 hours!! Anyway, we arrived in one piece and full of expectations to see our family and friends which were waiting for us in Concepcion´airport. They were a lovebly crowd with golden ballons welcome us to our old town. The weather was no so to welcoming as it was cloudy and rather cold but the reception was so warm that we did not notice the weather too much until we arrived in my sister¨home.

It was wonderful to see all of them. many of whom we have nor seen for more than 10 years, the very special treat was our dearest friend, Maria Angelica, who is recovering from a mayor operation ( 1 month ago) which we did not expect to see there, she looks wonderful and we were so, so pleased to see her and been able to embrace her. But, really everyone should have an special mention as everyone of them it is very special to us in so many ways. We are talking about friendship lasting 50 or more years which came to shows that we are getting a little old. Anyway, age is nothing if the spirit is young and we are all so young in our own way.

In the afternoon,my sister Maria Gloria took us,Pily and VAlentina in the car showing us all the new places in San Pedro de la Paz where she lives and we could not believe our eyes, forget about the property boom in Costa del Sol, it is happening right here in San Pedro de la Paz, and right now. New houses, new building blocks, new Urbanizations, all with different styles:,english, german, norway,spanish. My next question was where the people get the money as those houses do not come cheap. No one knows, so I expect pretty soon when the money dries out some one will have to really pay for all that.

We went to bed late and have a good night sleep.Today, early morning was cold and cloudy again but around midday the sun decided to appears to give us a warm welcome as well. George is feeling well and in this very minute is in the garden making a drawing and enjoying the sun

Gastronomy: We had eaten humitas,congrio frito, hallullas,quesillo,avocado pears, and tomorrow Pily is preparing special lunch for us as everybody that knows Pily knows that she is a wonderful cook, therefore we are looking forward to the next treat, tomorrow.

Photos will be posted as soon as I get a electric adaptor that I forgot to bring in the meantime, sending all our love

Iris and George